St Patrick's Day Top 20 Celtic Bands #251

Happy St. Patrick's Day. I am excited to share our 5th St. Patrick's Day music special for the holiday. This one highlights all of the Top 20 Celtic Bands of 2015 as featured earlier in the year, but with completely different songs. You will enjoy amazing indie Celtic music from Carolina Ceili, Runa, Clandestine, The Flying Toads, Marc Gunn, Emerald Rose, Full Gael, The Gothard Sisters, Heather Alexander , Appalachian Celtic Consort, Jesse Ferguson, Breabach, The Blarney Rebel Band, Kailyarders, The Rogues, Whiskey Sunday, Wild Colonial Bhoys, Bourbon & Shamrocks, The Elders, Patsy O'Brien.

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Notes:

* Each week, 149 people pledge $1 or more per episode to help pay for the production of the podcast. Whenever we hit a Milestone. You get an extra long episode of Celtic music. We just hit our next Milestone which means you're gonna get a 2-hour Celtic music special highlighting the indie Celtic music of Canada in early April. You can Become a Patron of the Podcast. Special thanks to our newest Patrons: Andre, Alice, Peter, Dennis, and Bryan.

* St Patrick's Day Internet Music Festival has 24 videos on the playlist. You can enjoy Celtic music from LQR and Beltain. Jesse Ferguson should be added soon.

* I hope you enjoyed the very special feature on Poitin's album Wish. If not, go listen to show #250 where you can hear the album from start to finish.

* Would you "17 Free Celtic MP3s for St. Patrick's Day". Every year, I publish an article with that title on my website and Celtic bands from around the globe donate tracks to share with you. You can find this year's article at celticmusicpodcast.com/FreeMP3s2016 or follow the link in the shownotes.

* I posted a new episode of the Pub Songs Podcast. It features St. Patrick's Day Pub Songs by me and other Celtic artists.

* Celtic Radio has a new app for iTunes and Android. You can listen to their many streaming Celtic radio programs. They also are running the Celtic Radio Music Awards. Several of the artists you've heard on this podcast are up for awards. Go vote them!

* I started to use Facebook Live last week to promote new episodes of this podcast. You can subscribe on Facebook and you will be notified when I go live. It usually will happen on the morning of the podcast around 9am though times may vary. If you miss the event, then can watch the saved video on our Facebook page. Go to facebook.com/celticpodcast to subscribe.

* Why yes, we do have t-shirts. The 2016 Irish & Celtic Music Podcast t-shirts are now available in our Celtic Music Store. Follow the link in the shownotes, or better yet, follow the link in the Celtic Music Magazine to save 10%. And if you already have a shirt. Take a picture and send it in.

* I have a free album that you can download. It's called "Celtic Geek" and it features 21 tracks from my first 20 solo albums. To get a copy, just subscribe to my mailing list.

* My final St. Patrick's Day show is in Marietta, Georgia at Johnnie MacCracken's Celtic Pub this Friday, March 18th starting around 9pm, though I may kick it off earlier. Details on my St. Patrick's Day music website.

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This Week in Celtic Music

0:29 "Banish Misfortune/Moon Coin Jig" by Carolina Ceili from 50 Shades of Green

6:38 "The Wife of Usher's Well" by Runa from Current Affairs

11:15 "Wobbly Wheel Set" by Clandestine from Red

15:45 "Lord Mayo" by The Flying Toads from In Stitches

21:05 "Peggy Gordon" by Marc Gunn from The Bridge

25:21 "Mountain Fey" by Emerald Rose from Sunwise

28:07 CELTIC MUSIC NEWS

29:28 "Nellie J. Banks" by Full Gael from Traditional Music with Celtic Roots

32:52 "Cat in a Bush" by The Gothard Sisters from Mountain Rose

36:11 "Brannigan's Special Ale" by Heather Alexander from Midsummer

38:36 "The Banshee/Pride of Rathmore" by Appalachian Celtic Consort from Drop o' the Pure

41:43 MORE CELTIC MUSIC NEWS

42:56 "Mary and the Soldier" by Jesse Ferguson from The Butcher Boy

46:44 "Kilbowie Cottage" by Breabach from The Big Spree

50:53 "The Apparatus" by The Blarney Rebel Band from Pile High the Pennywall

53:28 "Where the Wildflowers Grow" by Kailyarders from The Black Well

57:01 CELTIC FEEDBACK

58:37 "Reels Again" by The Rogues from Made in Texas

1:01:05 "Cabin Song" by Whiskey Sunday from Holy Water

1:05:14 "Padraig An Sicin" by Wild Colonial Bhoys from On Our Own

1:08:33 "Johnston's Motorcar" by Bourbon & Shamrocks from Shock & ARRRR!

1:12:15 "Saint Patrick's Battalion" by The Elders from Story Road

1:17:51 "The Travelers" by Patsy O'Brien from Irish Guitar

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